Schwalbe Nobby Nic 27.5" Tire

The Schwalbe Nobby Nic is the ideal all-purpose tire and has been a long-time favorite among trail riders with a need for speed. Perfect for aggressive XC courses but also right at home on an Enduro course, the Schwalbe Nobby Nic features a widely-spaced tall knob pattern to provide plenty of grip while maintaining relatively low rolling resistance. Built around the lightweight and flexible Racing Ralph casing, the Schwalbe Nobby Nic features a more aggressive tread pattern for better traction on fast and loose terrain.

Blown away with how well it holds up
Considering the price. Actually gonna order another one here pretty soon for the front!

Purchased the nobby nic a few weeks ago and it's been an exellent tire! I'd recommend it to anyone running 27.5. It rolls smoothly yet holds a lot of grip under pressure on climbs and descends. Overall awesome tire.

I have the snakeskin 2.35 trailstar compound version of this tire on the rear of my trail bike. It is set up tubeless (very easy, no hassle) on a 30mm internal width rim. It is very grippy and with the wider rim. It works well on rocks, mud and loose stuff. I have even used it for a few days of DH park riding with no issues.

I purchased the tire for the reputation for a good all round trail tire and added protection of snake skin side walls. Running at 23 psi in a variety of track types including rock gardens the tire has grilled well and has not suffered punch flats. Good grip including arresting corner slides back and front. I have given 4 stars because I can't comment on wear as yet, but performance is outstanding

I changed from a 2.25 racing Ron to these and went tubeless at the same time and the roots on my local trail almost disappeared. I don't dare ride them on pavement as I am sure the will wear out too fast if I do.

Well I'm glad to finally say that this is my first tubeless tire! I've been skeptical of running a tubeless wheel set up only because of traditional reasons. I started to think that there must be something to this, and that it's not just a fad. After a lot of sweat beading the tire to the rim. I had a feeling these were going to ride like a dream. Well, they did! Excellent traction even in slightly muddy conditions. I would recommend these for sure. I would suggest using a compressor for sure!

I have about 300 miles on this tire and it seems to be a great all around tire. Some center knobs are chunking under braking on rocks, but that has not affected performance. Easy rolling resistance makes for nice long rides and climbing traction is very good. Sliding under braking is also very predictable and accurate. I plan on running this as a rear tire year round along with a Hans Damf up front. favorite combo so far! I'm running the 27.5 trailstar.

Replacement tires for my bike previous tires got a hole in the side wall. When shopping around this was the one that i always came back too. Went with the full tubeless set up and have not looked back since. Outstanding traction.

I have been riding a lot of cross country and "enduro" style trails in this tire and really found it's an awesome all around tire. I am in the southern Nevada area so it's been really good at bootleg canyon which has a lot of sharp jagged rocks and loose sand over hard pack and holds up fine. Only issue I had was A tear in my tire but my rim had also been dented from clipping a rock at full speed on a downhill section.

This is a great tire. I always run schwalbe and they have all been amazing. I run the nobby nic up front with hans damph in the rear. I use it on Enduro races in muddy conditions as well as over high speed dirt jumps. It provides great grip in corners with large nobs on the whole tire.setting it up tubeless was very easy and only took a few minutes, however I did put a tube in after taking it out of the package to make it more round and easier to seel. No complaints. Great for all mountain/Enduro.

I run this as a rear tire with a magic mary or hans hampf up front and have been very happy with it.

Riding style: AM (colorado mountain riding)

Pros:- It has great lateral contact which gives a great deal of stopping power.- the side knobs and sipes hold tight in cornering. It's superior to many rear tires I've ridden and holds a true line.- there is no grip lost moving onto the cornering tred from the main bead

Cons: - Depending on the compound, it can wear quickly (I replace often... happily). - Has a higher rolling resistance (IMO) than the hans dampf and lacks some of the all round grip I prefer from a front tire

Durability: After 4 trips to Blue Mountain to ride downhill on my Norco Carbon Sight 650b, the back half of all the centre knobs broke off. Hard aggressive braking on steep hard pack and gravelly trails did this. On typical X-Country trails I've never experienced this. At first I was concerned when I noticed the broken knobs but after going back to riding my local X-Country trails, I found that this "modification" was fantastic. Rolling resistance was noticeably less and traction was not affected at all. Losing the back half of all the centre knobs was the best thing that could have happened to these tires.

Used as a replacement for a NN Evo on a rear wheel.Paired with a Hans Dampf SuperGravity on the front.

The Double Defence variant is a tough tyre to fit (tight) but not near as difficult as the SuperGravity. You will probably need a pair of long metal tyre levers.It sets up tubeless very easily, as do most Schwalbe tyres I've ever used.

The cap of the tyre isn't as supple as the SG tyres, but the sidewalls seem to be just as tough.

The Nobby Nic is an overall decent tire that combines very good traction in all conditions, light, and respectably fast rolling resistance for an aggressive tire. The negative is that on wet uneven surfaces and especially wet roots it has poor lateral stability. If you look at the tread there are wide gaps where there at no nobs at all so this is where you go sideways. It does release mud very well as a result and corners well but its weakness is wet roots and overall lateral stability. In dry or simple muddy conditions it is a superlative tire.

This tire is good. The quality is good, the design works well on gravel / loose terrain, it sustained some aggressive riding here in Phoenix. I'm going to keep this one as my backup tire just because I prefer riding 2.3 / 2.35.

This tires have so so grip but very good rolling resistance and are incredible lightweight. Puncture resistant as well. Be sure to grab the Snakeskins if you ride on puncture prone trails. Best performance is on semi-wet terrain and medium-loose single track. Not very good for dry conditions as they wash off very easly.

After 5 rides the sidewall is peeling in multiple places and there's already a slice in it between the tread pattern which required me to throw In a tune.. I've been riding schwalbe tires (magic mary and hans dampf) tubeless at 31 psi on the same trails for years without any issues. I am very dissapointed and wondering if I received a defective tire.

Sorry i'm new to mountain biking. Can i fit this tire on my bike (2014 Giant Talon 3)? Right now it has a 27.5 x 2.10 Giant Sport Custom Kenda tire but this tire is only in 27.5 x 2.25 and up. Thank you!

BEST ANSWER:Hi Justin. The second number is the width of the tire. So a 2.25 will be .15" wider than a 2.10 but should fit fine. I run a wider tire on the front of one of my bikes and find the handling to be better than the original 2.10. I have the Nobby Nic 27.5 x 2.25 in the front on my Giant Stance. I run a Racing Ralph 27.5 x 2.25 in the back. I like the bite or grip of the NN on the front and the roll (less resistance) of the RR on the back. Hard to go wrong with Schwalbe. Note, width vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. A 2.25 from one manufacturer may be a little wider than a 2.25 from another manufacturer. Schwalbe runs true to width.

BEST ANSWER:Hi Justin. The second number is the width of the tire. So a 2.25 will be .15" wider than a 2.10 but should fit fine. I run a wider tire on the front of one of my bikes and find the handling to be better than the original 2.10. I have the Nobby Nic 27.5 x 2.25 in the front on my Giant Stance. I run a Racing Ralph 27.5 x 2.25 in the back. I like the bite or grip of the NN on the front and the roll (less resistance) of the RR on the back. Hard to go wrong with Schwalbe. Note, width vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. A 2.25 from one manufacturer may be a little wider than a 2.25 from another manufacturer. Schwalbe runs true to width.

The actual width of the tire depends on the rim, the inflation pressure, and the quality consistency of the manufacturer; one manufacturer's 2.25 is likely to be wider than their 2.1 but maybe not wider than another's 2.1. Ultimately, you need to try it out. Also, a tire that 'just fits" may not fit if the tread is full of mud and debris, or even if it just traps a piece of gravel. Usually new bikes come with smallish tires to lower the advertised weight but actually perform better in the real world with fatter tires.

Without the specific bike, tire, rim combo it would be tough to say for sure. However 2.25 isn't by any stretch large so I would guess that it would fit without issue. Your best bet would be to contact Giant with the question. This is for the rear I'm assuming. The front should have plenty of clearance in the fork.

Yeah it will fit. I run the 2.35" Nobby Nic on my 2014 Talon. You are gonna love these tires if you like ripping trails. They are NOT good cross country tires though (which is kinda what the Talon is built for).

BEST ANSWER:I am sure Schwalbe would tell you not to. I did not ask them. I used lots of Stan's sealant and have had good success. The beads were a little hard to seat the first time, probably because the tire still had folds from prolonged storage. I took the stem out of the valve for faster flow and wrapped the tire with a nylon strap. If I were not in a hurry, I would seat the tire for a ride or 2 using a tube, then replace the valve and inflate tubeless.

BEST ANSWER:I am sure Schwalbe would tell you not to. I did not ask them. I used lots of Stan's sealant and have had good success. The beads were a little hard to seat the first time, probably because the tire still had folds from prolonged storage. I took the stem out of the valve for faster flow and wrapped the tire with a nylon strap. If I were not in a hurry, I would seat the tire for a ride or 2 using a tube, then replace the valve and inflate tubeless.

Sorry i'm new to mountain biking. Can i fit this tire on my bike (2014 Giant Talon 3)?( look it up) Right now it has a 27.5 x 2.10 Giant Sport Custom Kenda tire but this tire is only in 27.5 x 2.25 and up. Thank you!

Tires of a larger width should mount correctly to any 27.5 wheel rim (they all have the same bead seat diameter). A slightly wider tire should stable unless the rim is unusually narrow. The primary question is whether or not you have sufficient space around the tire such that a wider (and slightly taller) tire does not rub on any part of the frame or fork. Similar concerns apply when switching to a more aggressive (more knobby) tire of the same width.

Tires of a larger width should mount correctly to any 27.5 wheel rim (they all have the same bead seat diameter). A slightly wider tire should stable unless the rim is unusually narrow. The primary question is whether or not you have sufficient space around the tire such that a wider (and slightly taller) tire does not rub on any part of the frame or fork. Similar concerns apply when switching to a more aggressive (more knobby) tire of the same width.

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